Manchester United paid Dan Ashworth ?4.1m to leave after five months

• Financial results reveal former sporting director?s payoff
• United paid about ?3m to take Ashworth from Newcastle

Manchester United have revealed they paid ?4.1m to Dan Ashworth when he left after only five months at Old Trafford. It cost the club about ?3m in compensation last summer to acquire the sporting director from Newcastle but they parted ways in December.
Ashworth?s exit came after the sacking of Erik ten Hag and his staff in October, which cost United ?10.4m. United made great effort to prise Ashworth away from Newcastle but a decision was made for him to depart after a summer of underwhelming recruitment and amid a difficult relationship with the minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
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